来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第6集 第6集》

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  or in Joyce's earlier novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a young Man,
  及乔伊斯的早期小说《一个青年艺术家的画像》中
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  a linear narrative in which a young boy grows up is structured
  以线性叙述的方式将一个小男孩的成长历程
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  as a series of structurally paralleled chapters
  通过一系列结构平行的章节展现出来
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  in which moments in each one correspond to the ones in successive chapters.
  每一章的片段又与下一章节的相呼应
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  And this comes with a kind of suggestion
  这也从某种程度上证明了
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  that that banal reality is redeemed by the artist's activity.
  艺术家的创作弥补了现实的平淡
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  Fourthly, Joyce loves puns.
  第四点 乔伊斯喜欢用双关语
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  So does Nabokov.
  纳博科夫也是如此
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  This is incredibly important,
  这一点非常重要
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  and there's a direct glance at that just ahead of where you read,
  我们马上要接着刚才读到的地方前面部分
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  so don't turn here.
  先不要翻书
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  I don't want to spoil what's coming up,
  我可不想糟蹋后面的文章